Pearls: Tucked In

Gorgeous antique screw-back earrings. Gold filled (12k) with real pearls and almost no signs of wear. Except for the wear on the backings or you can tell they were well loved and worn many times. 

They are marked B.A.B. which I believe means they were made by B.A. Ballou & Company, sometime in the very late 19th century, and in Providence, Rhode Island.